Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a68a4f853c46847b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-08-01 14:57:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8d6341a671b1cf3122115fd4e867b567 SHA-1: 285528d8e9576ae3712851135dc0df1a0dda5ce4 SHA-256: a68a4f853c46847bac37a885c1d21bb565722fd8dd3f427bf0bed8d16828ee11
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of embedded JavaScript to facilitate the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+theme+song+piano+version PDF link annotation
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46580874632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4d4554948---domilefegopewijadivuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c61277ff0d---galoxosisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4699dd02c18e05326e7e5759647c7943/34118276979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/kogasafekovadonusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/gapumumimorefafobame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982533782be---wujerenamodedozex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fe2ef2396---xijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7042920533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/rapoxuniwusedededut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/liwakivobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemmurad.com/webroot/img/files/xenenexavulifopiperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/41090484925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/5648554895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/871f4f5829dfb3e9ed4437ce91d8f4be/kopoteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e26a7c5007---9508716257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/pivitusalevutoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3063ee20e---wamijadokenonabagizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/88989807679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elrgtj29d2s1pfpjk83m7l2vof/nerosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/85971615655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/98190760004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8895dc61d---50818256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f1a70a4b4db9c1ba63796b6c03fbca/torijipexurelufugefabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/47066813325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/wivinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001150f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1150F 10824 bytes
SHA-256: d3ec7c1bd3e18df4900a4bf810005aa0cb2013c3462a9b0980b40ea46894f157
font_01_sfnt_off00012de5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000145f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145F7 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 740a065eeab6fb432bb3cee6bb4e18ee52d7f97e4cc00dcfbd83f78aeb2867b8